[the_af]

This is a great article, the kind of stuff I find interesting on HN.

Some of the "old school" web style clashes with my aesthetic sensibilities these days -- a lot of words to say I find it somewhat ugly! -- but I miss its hobbyist, non-commercial aspect. A lot of hobby style content I find interesting has moved to YouTube or Facebook these days, and everyone who's been reading HN is aware of the lack of control authors have over those platforms...

I found myself nodding in agreement to a lot of what the author was saying.

I don't miss the "geocities look" though!

[livatlantis]

Indeed, I enjoy that æsthetic in certain contexts, admittedly because it makes me nostalgic more than anything else. I had to exercise restraint! :) I wanted the site to remain readable and accessible in text mode/lynx/screen readers and respect basic typograhical conventions.

But I agree with you that the thing that I miss the most is the hobby-ist, non-commercial aspect. But I'm discovering a lot of great links on this HN thread!

[lstodd]

try http://danyk.cz/index_en.html that is it